ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS NOTES:
TOP OF THE WEST: The D-backs are in first place in the NL West (+2.0) and have spent 51 days in/tied for first place in the division.
ROSTER MOVES: The D-backs recalled OF Kyle Lewis and OF Dominic Fletcher from Triple-A Reno…following yesterday’s game, optioned RHP Brandon Pfaadt and OF/INF Pavin Smith to Reno.
APPLE TV+: Tonight’s game @ Angels will be exclusively carried on Apple TV+.
♦ Wayne Randazzo and Dontrelle Willis will be on the call in the booth with Heidi Watney as the fi eld reporter.
♦ The game will be available only on Apple TV+ to Apple TV+ subscribers…fans in 60 countries and regions can enjoy the matchup with no local broadcast restrictions.
TOP 5 RECORD: The D-backs’ 48-34 (.585) season record is tied for fi fth in the Majors, with the Marlins (48-34, .585), behind the Rays (56-28, .667), Braves (53-27, .662), Orioles (48-31, .608) and Rangers (49-32, .605).
HEY CARROLL, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR: Corbin Carroll was selected as a starting outfi elder for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game @ T-Mobile Park, home of the Seattle Mariners, on July 11.
♦ First career All-Star selection.
♦ Becomes the 24th Major League (since 1936) and 10th National League (since 1948) rookie All-Star starter.
♦ Is the Majors’ first rookie starter since OF Aaron Judge/NYY in 2017, the NL’s first rookie starter since OF Joc Pederson/LAD in 2015 (replaced fan-elected starter due to injury) and NL’s first fan-elected starter since OF Jason Heyward/ATL in 2010 (elected a starter but did not play due to injury).
♦ Is the D-backs’ first rookie to earn a fan-elected start, first rookie position player to be named an All-Star and second rookie overall, joining LHP Wade Miley (2012).
♦ Is the D-backs’ sixth fan-elected starter, joining 2B Ketel Marte (2019), 1B Paul Goldschmidt (2014-15), CF Luis Gonzalez (2001), 2B Jay Bell (1999) and 3B Matt Williams (1999).
♦ Becomes the second D-backs All-Star outfield starter along with Luis Gonzalez in 2001.
♦ Becomes the D-backs’ eighth All-Star starter (11 starts) [fan-elected starts in bold]: Corbin Carroll (2023), Paul Goldschmidt (2014, 2015, 2018); Randy Johnson (2000, 2001); Jay Bell (1999); Luis Gonzalez (2001); Ketel Marte (2019); Curt Schilling (2002); Matt Williams (1999).
♦ Become the seventh D-backs All-Star outfielder (12 selections) along with Devon White (1998), Luis Gonzalez (1999, 2001-03, ‘05), Steve Finley (2000), Justin Upton (2009, ’11), Chris Young (2010), A.J. Pollock (2015).
♦ Becomes the 15th D-backs All-Star position player (23 selections) along with Devon White (1998), Luis Gonzalez (1999, 2001-03, ‘05), Steve Finley (2000), Damian Miller (2002), Junior Spivey (2002), Orlando Hudson (2007), Justin Upton (2009, ’11), Chris Young (2010), Miguel Montero (2011, ‘14), Paul Goldschmidt (2014, 2015, 2018), A.J. Pollock (2015), Jake Lamb (2017), Ketel Marte (2017) and Eduardo Escobar (2021).
JUNE BOOM: In the month of June, the D-backs rank among the Majors in runs (3rd, 138), stolen bases (3rd, 28), hits (4th, 240), extra-base hits (4th, 93), OBP (4th, .341), SLG (5th, .448) and OPS (5th, .789).
♦ Christian Walker (6th, 1.061 OPS) and Ketel Marte (7th, 1.058 OPS) and rank among MLB’s top 10 OPS leaders in June…only the Braves and Rangers have as many players in the Top 10.
WALKER REACHES 13: Christian Walker has hit safely in a career-high 13 straight games at a .400 clip (20-for50)/1.195 OPS with 8 doubles, 3 home runs, 12 RBI and 5 walks (3 strikeouts).
KETEL EXTENDS TO 22: Ketel Marte has reached base safely in 22 straight games (+ 6-game hitting streak), the Majors’ longest active on-base streak (.325; 26-for-80,
3 2B, 7 HR, 21 RBI, 18 BB).
♦ Since April 26, he has reached base safely in 52 of his 53 games…did not reach base on June 2 vs. Braves.
EXTRA! EXTRA! The D-backs’ 56 straight games with an extra-base hit (since April 28, 34-21 record) is tied for the Majors’ longest active streak (also: Angels)…it is the third longest in a season in club history, behind 57 games (July 28-Sept. 28, 2003) and 69 games (July18-Oct. 7, 2001).
INTERLEAGUE INSIGHT: The D-backs are 12-8 (.600) in Interleague Play (vs. Tigers, Royals, Rangers, Athletics, Red Sox and Rays), the seventh-highest win percentage in the Majors, behind the Marlins (20-7; .741), Yankees (12-5; .706), Blue Jays (16-7; .696), Rays (17- 10, .630), Reds (17-10, .630) and Phillies (16-10, .615).
SOLID SINCE MAY 28: The D-backs’ 19-11 record (.633) since May 28 is the fifth best in the Majors, behind the Braves (22-6, .786), Marlins (21-8, .724), Reds (20-9, .690) and Phillies (18-10, .643).
NO SHUTOUT STREAK CONTINUES, NINTH BEST SINCE 1998: The D-backs extended their club record to 82 games without a shutout to start the season (previous: 78 games from April 1-June 27, 2013; shutout 3-0 in game 79 on June 28 @ Braves).
♦ It is the Majors’ ninth-longest streak since 1998: Reds (163 G, April 3-Oct. 1, 2000), Rangers (160 G, April 1-Oct. 5, 2001), Yankees (138 G, March 28-Sept. 1, 2019), Orioles (133 G, April 2-Aug. 31, 2007), Rangers (96, March 31-July 13, 2008), Tigers (April 5-July 16, 2012), Yankees (89 G, April 2-July 16 [GM1], 2017) and Nationals’ 86-gamer (April 3-July 7, 2017).
♦ Arizona is the only team to not be shut out in 2023.
STARTING PITCHER – LHP TOMMY HENRY ♦ #47
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: In his last 6 starts (3 quality), is 3-0 with a 3.93 ERA (15 ER in 34.1 IP)… the D-backs are 6-0 in that span. • Is 3-0 with a 5.40 ERA (16 ER in 26.2 IP) in 5 road starts… the D-backs are 4-1 in those contests, including 3-0 in his last three.
- Facing an AL West opponent for the second time in his career and second time this season… faced the A’s on May 16 (ND; 4 ER in 4.2 IP).
LAST START: Improved to 4-1 on June 22 @ Nationals, after allowing 1 run in 6.2 IP…allowed a home run to Lane Thomas in the third inning…his 4 wins are a career-high.
VS. ANGELS: Making his first career start.
- Is the first D-backs starter to face the Angels @ Angel Stadium since Alex Young on Sept. 17, 2020.
- Becomes the 17th D-back to start @ Angels and the third youngest (25-336), behind Robbie Ray (23-257) in 2015 and Trevor Cahill (24-106) in 2012.
INTERLEAGUE INSIGHT: Is 1-1 with a 4.78 ERA (14 ER in 26.1 IP) in 6 career games (5 starts) against AL opponents.
- Last won against an AL opponent on Aug. 26, 2022 @ White Sox (1 ER in 5.0 IP).
EARLY IMPACT: In innings 1-3, is limiting opponents to a .240 average (30-for-125) with 14 walks and 23 strikeouts.
FIRST TIME THRU: Limiting batters to a .227 average (20-for-88) with 11 walks and 18 strikeouts the fi rst time through the lineup.
PITCH TRACKING: Opposing batters are hitting .230 (14-for-61) with 16 strikeouts on his curveball and .167 (6-for-36) with 7 strikeouts on his slider.
KEEP ‘EM CHASING : His 33.5 out-of-zone swing percentage is up 7.8 percent (32.7) from 2022 (24.9).
IT’S UNDER CONTROL: Has walked 2 or fewer batters in 8 of his 11 starts.
0-2 GOT YOU: Has a .177 (20-for-113) opponents average and 41 strikeouts with 2 strikes and opponents are 5-for-28 (.179) with 10 strikeouts on an 0-2 count.
AHEAD IN THE COUNT : Holding batters to a .227 average (22-for 97 with 23 strikeouts when he is ahead in the count.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS NOTES:
LEADING OFF: Today, the Angels play the fifth (2-2) of seven games on a homestand against the Chicago White Sox (2-2) and Arizona Diamondbacks (June 30 – July 2)…Halos went 1-2 on last road trip at Colorado… LAA was 0-2 on last homestand against the Dodgers.
TODAY’S TRANSACTIONS: Today the Angels reinstated INF Anthony Rendon from the injured list and selected the contract of RHP Victor Mederos…In corresponding moves, INF Andrew Velazquez was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake following last night’s game and RHP Andrew Wantz was optioned to Salt Lake today…Additionally, INF Jake Lamb was designated for assignment and INF Kevin Padlo accepted an outright assignment to Salt Lake.
SCORING CHANGES: MLB has made two official scoring change which impact Angels statistics.
- On June 3 at HOU (4th inn.), Jeremy Peña reached on what was originally ruled a single…This has been changed to an E-6 (Livan Soto), with Patrick Sandoval having a hit and earned run subtracted from his ledger.
- On June 17 at KC (1st inn.), Mickey Moniak reached on what was originally scored an E-6…This has been changed to a single.
THE GREATEST SHO: Tuesday night, Shohei Ohtani recorded his 15th career multi-HR game and his 22nd career 10+ strikeout game…He became the first A.L. player to hit multiple home runs and have 10+ pitching strikeouts in the same game since Cleveland’s Pedro Ramos on July 31, 1963 (Game 2) vs. Angels.
LEAGUE LEADER: As a hitter, Shohei Ohtani leads the Majors in home runs (29), total bases (209), XBH (49), slugging percentage (.666) and OPS (1.045) and is tied for the MLB lead in RBI (66) and triples (5)…On the mound, he also leads the Majors in opponent batting average (.180), ranks third in strikeouts (127) and is sixth in WHIP (1.04).
OH BROTHER: If David Fletcher and Dominic Fletcher both appear in a game this series, it would be the first time an Angels player played against his brother in a game since May 12, 2014 when Cory Rasmus played against Toronto’s Colby Rasmus (credit: ELIAS).
ESTÉVEZ ENDING: This season, Carlos Estévez is pitching to a 1.91 ERA (33 IP – 7 ER) and has converted all 20 of his save opportunities, which establishes a new Club record to begin a season…Lee Smith held the previous Halos record with 19 consecutive successful save chances to start the 1995 season.
I’M FEELING ‘22: Victor Mederos was the Angels sixth round selection in the 2022 Draft out of Oklahoma State University…He becomes the third player from the 2022 Draft to reach the Majors, with all of them being Angels (also, Zach Neto & Ben Joyce).
STARTING STRONG: Since June 13, the Angels rotation ranks fourth in the Majors with a combined 3.22 ERA (86.2 IP – 31 ER).
VS. ARIZONA: Today is the first of three games this season between the Angels and D-backs…This is the first meetings between the clubs since 2021 (Angels swept three game series at Chase Field) and the D-backs first visit to Angel Stadium since 2020…Halos lead the all-time series 19-16 and have won each of last four contests against Arizona.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHS: Saturday night at Colorado, the Angels set franchise records with 25 runs scored and 28 hits…Halos previously had 24 runs and 26 hits on Aug. 25, 1979 at Toronto and had 26 hits on June 20, 1980 at Boston…The 24 run margin of victory also set a Club record (previously was 22 in the 24-2 win vs. TOR
on 8/25/79).
WINNING MONTHS: Angels have secured a winning record for June, after going 15-13 in May and 15-14 in March/April (15-13 in April)…Halos have a record above .500 in three straight months for the first time since May – July 2019.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER – RHP GRIFFIN CANNING
6-2, 3.99 ERA
In last six starts, is 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA (36 IP – 9 ER)
TODAY’S GAME: Making 13th start of the season and sixth at home…Is in fourth Major League season with Angels.
- STREAKING: Has won each of last four decisions, which is his longest career streak of consecutive winning decisions (previously won three straight decisions from June 9, 2021 – May 4, 2023).
- SUPPORTED: Leads the Majors (min. 50 IP) with an average of 9.23 runs of support per nine innings.
- CURRENT TRENDS: Has allowed three-or-fewer earned runs in 10 of 12 starts this season, including each of last seven appearances…In last six games, is 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA (36 IP – 9 ER).
- LAST TIME OUT: Earned the win in last start on Saturday at Colorado after tossing 6.0 scoreless innings and allowing four hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.
- VS. ARIZONA: Today is second career start vs. Diamondbacks; is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA (5.0 IP – 1 ER) after only previous game on Sept. 17, 2020 at Chase Field (W; 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO).
- AT ANGEL STADIUM: In 29 career games (27 starts) at Angel Stadium, is 12-6 with a 4.67 ERA (140.2 IP – 73 ER)…This season, is 3-1 with a 4.56 ERA (25.2 IP – 13 ER) following first five starts at home…As a starter, is 11-5 with a 4.36 ERA (136.1 IP – 66 ER) at home…Has allowed three-or-fewer runs in 20 of 27 home starts (10 are quality starts).
- INTERLEAGUE PLAY: In 11 career Interleague games, is 5-1 with a 3.70 ERA (58.1 IP – 24 ER) and 52 strikeouts…This season, is 2-0 with a 3.94 ERA (16 IP – 7 ER) in three Interleague starts.
- SEVEN SCORELESS: Earned win on May 23 vs. Boston after tossing a season-high 7.0 scoreless innings; matched longest scoreless appearance of career (also, 7.0 shutout frames on May 18, 2019 vs. KC).
- FOURTH FRAME: Has yielded 15 of 30 (50%) runs this season in the 4th inning.
- GETTING AHEAD: Recorded a first pitch strike on 61.0% (165/271) of his batter faced this season.
- UNFAMILIAR FOES: In his career as a starter, has held opponents to a .211 average (87/413) in opposing batter’s first plate appearances of a game.
- OVER SEVEN HITS: Allowed career high nine hits in start on May 17 at Baltimore…Was first time allowing more than seven hits in his career…Streak of 46 straight starts with seven-or-fewer hits allowed was second-longest in Angels history (Rickey Clark had a 50 game streak between the 1967-1971 seasons).
- HE’S BACK: Made season debut on April 12 vs. Washington; first Major league appearance July 2, 2021… Missed Angels first 11 games of the season on injured list with a left groin strain…Spent entire 2022 season and final two months of 2021 season on IL with a low back stress reaction.
